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Role of Ureaplasma urealyticum in altering the endothelial metal concentration during preeclampsia
27 January 2012
E. Padmini, V. Uthra
Abstract: Objectives: Preeclampsia is a pregnancy specific disorder connected with endothelial cell dysfunction. In vitro stimulation of preeclamptic placental endothelial cell with Ureaplasma urealyt...
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An experimental mixed bacterial infection induced differential secretion of proinflammatory cytokines (IL-1β, TNFα) and proMMP-9 in human fetal membranes
27 January 2012
H. Flores-Herrera, G. García-López, N.F. Díaz, A. Molina-Hernández, M. Osorio-Caballero, D. Soriano-Becerril, V. Zaga-Clavellina
Abstract: Overall, 1–4% of all births in the US are complicated by choriamnionitis. Choriamnionitis is a polymicrobial infection most often due to ascending genital microbes which, in over 65% of posi...
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Uteroplacental arterio-venous difference in soluble VEGFR-1 (sFlt-1), but not in soluble endoglin concentrations in preeclampsia
24 January 2012
M.C. Paasche Roland, B. Lorentzen, K. Godang, T. Henriksen
Abstract: The aim was to determine plasma levels of sFlt-1 and sEng on the arterial and venous side of the uteroplacental circulation in preeclamptic patients and healthy controls. Preeclamptic patien...
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Myeloperoxidase in the plasma and placenta of normal pregnant women and women with pregnancies complicated by preeclampsia and intrauterine growth restriction
24 January 2012
T.-H. Hung, S.-F. Chen, L.-M. Lo, M.-J. Li, Y.-L. Yeh, T.-T. Hsieh
Abstract: Myeloperoxidase (MPO) is a heme protein produced and released by activated neutrophils and monocytes, and increased MPO is considered important in the pathophysiology of cardiovascular disea...
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Secretion and transfer of the thyroid hormone binding protein transthyretin by human placenta
24 January 2012
R.H. Mortimer, K.A. Landers, B. Balakrishnan, H. Li, M.D. Mitchell, J. Patel, K. Richard
Abstract: Context: The thyroid hormone and retinol binding protein transthyretin (TTR) is synthesised by human trophoblasts. Polarised JEG-3 choriocarcinoma cells grown in bicameral chambers secrete T...
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